Bottle-closure.



R. E. BEDDING! BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLIOATION FILED mm: 25, 1913.

1,0?5,940, Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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ROBERT E. BEDDING, OF 'IERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

BOTTLE-CIJOSURE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. REDPING, a citizen of the United States, and a resldent of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and 5 State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle closures, is especially applicable to lo milk bottles, and it consists in the combinations,-constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed. An object of my invention is to provide a closure which is more sanitary than the ordinary pasteboard disk. This is due to the provision of a cloth strip which forms an auxiliary closure member and prevents dirt and dust from entering the bottle while the main closure member is being removed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device having a closure of the type described which may be readily taken off or applied to the bottle.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a section through a bottle top showing the closure in position; and Fig. 2

' is a plan view of the closure.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of .a bottle such as the ordinary milk bottle.

-The bottle 1 is provided with an annular shoulder or flange 2. Arranged to fit against this shoulder, is a circular disk 3 of pasteboard or other suitable material. Secured '40 to the top of the disk is a piece of cloth 4 or other suitable fabric. This is in a circular form and its outer edge is secured to the bottom of a ring 5 which is arranged to rest on the top of the bottle.

The appearance of the completed closure is like that shown in Fig. 2. It will be observed that the disk 3 is arranged concentrically of the ring 5, the latter being prefer- Speciiication of Letters Patent.

. Application filed June 25, 1913.

Patented Oct. 14,1913.

Serial No. 775,702.

ably of the same material as the disk. The fabric strip 4: as stated before, is secured to the top of the disk and to the bottom of the ring and before the disk is placed in position to act as a closure, there is considerable slack between the edge of the disk 3 and the ring 5. As shown in Fig. 1, a portion of the fabric extends outwardly as shown at 4* and constitutes a finger hold.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In applying the closure, the disk 3 is placed in the top of the bottle and then is pushed downwardly by means of the thumbs which are applied to diametrically opposite portions of the disk. This stretches the fabric covering tight and brings the ring 5 firmly down upon the top of the bottle. The bottle is now closed not only by the disk 3, but by the fabric 4 and there is less liability of contamination, due to this extra protection. When it is desired to remove the closure, the portion 4* is pulled upwardly, thus raising the ring and also pulling the" disk 3 upwardly. Since the disk, the fabric and the ring are removed entirely, there is very little chance for dirt to fall into the bottle during the removal of the closure and herein lies its utility to a large extent, since it is evidently of a more sanitary nature than the ordinary closure.

I claim:

1. The combination with a bottle top having an inwardly projecting flange, of a 010- sure disk arranged to enter the mouth of the bottle and to rest upon the flange, the edges of said losure disk being arranged to en-v gage the walls of the mouth, a ring concentric with said disk, and a piece of fabric secured to the top of the disk and arranged to extend upwardly and laterally over the top edge of the bottle and being secured to the under side of the ring.

2. As an article of manufacture, a bottle 'closure comprising a central disk, a concentric ring, a piece of fabric secured to the top of said disk and to the bottom of said ring,

a portion of the fabric between the disk and the ring being folded to aflord slack in the material.

3. As an article of manufacture, a bottle closure comprising a central disk, a concentric ring, a piece of fabric secured to the upper surface of said disk and to the lower surface of said ring, and an extension to said fabric on one side, said extension serving as a finger hold, the remaining outer 10 edges of the fabric being flush with the outer edges of the ring. I

ROBERT E. BEDDING. Witnesses:

W. H. TERRILL, ALBERT HERNDON. 

